Marion County cultural audit underway

Marion County officials say an audit of its workplace culture, stemming in part from sexual harassment allegations that surfaced last fall, is officially underway.

Marion County commissioners in early March gave the contract to Clarity Scientific, a Beaverton-based corporation. Costs aren’t to exceed $30,000.

The firm will survey, interview and hold focus groups with county employees to “examine the county’s cultural characteristics” to find out how “current organizational culture impacts service delivery,” according to a…